Illinois House Floor Debate — May 26, 2016

"The House shall come to order. The House shall come to order. We shall be led in prayer today by the Reverend Ben Stone, who is with the First Christian Church of Watseka, in Watseka, Illinois. Reverend Stone is the guest of Representative Bennett. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones and rise for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance."

"We shall be led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Representative Phelps."

Speaker Madigan: "Roll Call for Attendance. Representative Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect that Representatives Chapa LaVia and Monique Davis are excused today."

"Mr. Brown."

"Mr. Clerk, take the record. There being 115 Members responding to the Attendance Roll Call, there is a quorum present. The Chair recognizes Mr. Lang for a Motion. Mr. Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, at the end of session yesterday we had a tumultuous time on the House Floor. There was a request for a verification, which was somehow missed. Please allow me to finish my comments. Many, after the House adjourned yesterday, from the Minority side of the aisle approached me and said, you're a fair guy, Lou, this is wrong, can't we fix this. And so, I commenced my own investigation and when I did I found out that indeed there was a mistake made and indeed it was inadvertent. Because of that and because we should not have those lingering feelings from yesterday and because we should have an appropriate vote, an appropriate verification, if that's the still requested, I move, Mr. Speaker, that we reconsider the vote by which yesterday's budget Bill passed. Senate Bill…"

"The Gentleman has… the Gentleman has moved that we reconsider the vote by which Senate Bill 2408… 2048 was 09900137.docx 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 declared passed. Those in favor will signify by voting 'aye'; those opposed by voting 'no'. This is a Motion to reconsider. This is a Motion to reconsider. Motion to reconsider. All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote ‘no’. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 70 'ayes', 41 'noes', and the vote by which Senate Bill 2048 passed is reconsidered. And the Bill is now on Third Reading. This was debated last night. I would suggest three for, three against. Mr. Clerk. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Currie for the Bill."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This is the first step in budget making for the coming fiscal year. Although we adopted a budget in May of 2015 and the budget went to the Governor's desk, he vetoed most of it. There has been no security nor stability for the governance of Illinois during the entire fiscal 16 year. I think it's important for us to establish security and stability, to say to our vulnerable populations that we do care about you, we know you are in need. I urge adoption of Senate Bill 2048 as the first step in making a budget. I don't know if the Governor's proposals for working groups will lead to a broad consensus, a change. I'm hopeful they will, but in the meantime I think the citizens of Illinois need an insurance policy that we will not stumble our way through another year in which our needy college students don't have access to college tuition scholarships, in which family's suffering with autism and 09900137.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 epilepsy are left on the cutting room floor. I urge your 'aye' vote."

"David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And a point of personal privilege related to this Bill, if I might?"

"State your point." Harris, D.: "I respect the Chair's preference that there only be three speakers on this Bill, but you indicated that the Bill was debated last night. With all respect, Sir, I don't believe the Bill was debated in full last night. There were a number of individuals on this side of the aisle who desired to speak before the Motion was made to move the question. I think that there is fuller debate needed on this Bill and I ask that you extend that courtesy to the Members so that it's not just limited to three individuals. Thank you."

"Mr. Hays."

"Mr. David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I do want to address the Bill. And first of all, I do want to thank the Majority and I want to thank the Deputy Majority Leader for his Motion to reconsider this… this Bill as I think that it is certainly one of the most significant pieces of legislation that's going to pass out of this House this Session. And the way that is was handled yesterday was in my estimation and… and everyone I think on both sides of the aisle was inappropriate. If I can, let me pick up on the words that the Deputy Majority Leader said yesterday. He said, you know, on this side of the aisle it doesn't make any difference whether we had five 09900137.docx 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 minutes, five hours or five days to read the Bill because we were all going to vote 'no' anyway. You know what, he's right. He's right. I'm going to vote 'no' on a Bill that is $7 billion out of whack. I… I… you know, I kind of have a problem with a Bill that's $7 billion out of whack. I am going to vote 'no'. I don’t care whether it's… I have five minutes, five hours, five days, five months to review the Bill, I'm going to vote 'no'. In the Army we have this writing style that says put bottom line up front and the bottom line here is the Bill is $7 billion out of whack. I don’t need to read a whole heck of a lot more than that. I want these agencies and institutions in our state to be properly funded, but they are not properly funded when we pass an appropriation that is $7 billion out of balance. Let's look at the Bill for a second though. The Majority Leader who presented the Bill she said, very carefully, she said it appropriates $14 billion in General Revenue Fund. Yeah, it does appropriate $14 billion in General Revenue Fund. But you know what's not being included here? What's not being included are those other dollars that come out of the General Revenue Fund that add up in the end to that 40 billion… 39 or 40 billion dollar figure. As an example, pensions… pensions isn't included. That's a minor $7 billion hit that comes out of the General Revenue Fund. What about those statutory transfers out that we have to do, those things we call Trouts. Guess what? That's going to occur no matter what we do. Those Local Government Distributive Funds are going to come out; that's another $2 billion. What about debt service? We have to pay the bond holders. We're not going to be able to borrow money if we 09900137.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 don't pay the bond holders. So, that's another roughly $2.3 billion that's going to come out. My point here is that she would not say that it was a deficit appropriation, but clearly when you add… and oh, don't forget Medicaid. Medicaid has a few zeroes after the 6 or 7, like 6 or 7 billion that goes out for Medicaid. She failed to say that, oh, by the way, those things come out of the General Revenue Fund as well. So what you have is an Appropriation Bill that appropriates or that is going to spend in total and for the State of Illinois about $39 billion. And it was admitted that we're going to bring in 32 and a half or 33 billion. So, you know, we're talking about deficits here of about $7 billion. I don't need five days to… to read a Bill like that. You're darn right I'm going to vote 'no', consistently. You know, anything that is that bad deserves a 'no' vote. And I would think that the other Members of this House, especially on the other side of the aisle, would recognize that there's a problem with this. There really is. I buy the argument that has been made that having an appropriation in place gets the providers something. It gets them sort of a legal authority that, hey, the state's going to stand behind me. I buy that. I do. But I don't buy passing an Appropriation Bill that's $7 billion out of whack because you're not helping those providers. They're not going to get the money anytime soon. You know it as well as I do. Those vouchers are going to go into a queue at the Comptroller's Office and there's no way they're going to see any of that money anytime soon. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I know this Bill passed yesterday, maybe it very well may pass again today. It's not the right thing to 09900137.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 do; it's not. Let's put it down. Let's vote 'no'. Come back to the table, get something a lot more reasonable… reasonable than this. And tell the people of the State of Illinois that we really can come up with a reasonable budget that gives them an expectation that this state is going to do what's right and not some false promise. Vote 'no'. Thank you."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Mr. Sandack, the matter is not on Short Debate."

Speaker Madigan: "It was a request. Mr. Demmer is seeking recognition. Mr. Demmer."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Mr. Kay."

"I'll… I'll respond right now."

"The motion was put at my direction, Sir. Please continue."

"Mr. Kay, did you direct that question to someone?"

"She will."

"Because it has value."

"It's continuing appropriation."

"Clearly it did or it would have never have been in the budget."

"This is a Department of Agriculture contract. I believe it has appeared in budgets before. I believe in the mission of the State's Department of Agriculture."

"Apparently the Governor proposed this."

"Maybe you should ask him." 09900137.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"I believe this is the State Fair. I believe we did this last year as well. I believe it was in the Governor's budget."

"Why don't you speak to the local Representative in whose district that fair appears?"

"Cost of the State Fair in the Governor's budget."

"Same answer."

"Following the Governor's lead."

"I think his name is Rauner."

"Ditto."

"Ditto."

"Ditto."

"Yes."

"Yesterday."

"Ditto."

"Clearly some people have thought over the years that the state fairs are valuable. And I can only say one more time, Representative, ditto. And may I just suggest to the Chair and to the Body that if you're going to go through the budget 09900137.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 with one line after another my answer will continue to be ditto.”

“And I don't know that that is a useful expenditure of scarce legislative time."

"Mr. Demmer."

"Mr. Sullivan."

"She yields."

"Not those that are covered by the consent decree that the Governor entered into… or the court order… the court order."

"I believe that's right."

"Correct."

"If the court order were to change or if there were to a different disposition, the Legislature as a continuing Body would be able to take action. My understanding is that the case you refer to is still in the Circuit Court in St. Clair County and so there has been no opportunity for further action until at some point in the future."

"Representative Currie to close."

"Thank you, Speaker. This is exactly what I said, an insurance policy, a commitment to the people of the State of Illinois that there will be State Government. Please vote 'yes'."

"The Clerk shall take… The question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All those in favor signify by voting ‘yes’; those opposed by voting ‘no’. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a request for a verification. So, everybody in their seat and staff shall retire to the rear of the chamber. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 60 ‘ayes’, and 53 ‘noes’. There’s a request for a verification. We need all those voting 'yes' to be in their seats, please. Please. Mr. Clerk, read the names of those voting 'yes'."

"Questions? Questions?"

"Mr. Beiser’s in his seat."

"Representative Cloonen is in her chair."

"Representative Conroy is in her chair."

"Mr. Moylan’s in his chair." 09900137.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Representative Scherer…"

"Gentleman's in his chair."

"Mr…"

Speaker Madigan: "Thank you. All right. The Gentleman has withdrawn his request. The parliamentarian advises me that during a verification… The verification is completed. The… there were 60 voting 'aye', 53 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Mr. Thapedi on a point of… point of personal privilege, Sir."

"It would be a point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker. I'm banging my switch over there and I was intending to vote 'yes'; I want to vote 'yes'. And I want that to be clear and I'm asking the record to reflect that."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Thapedi. Mr. Lang."

"Chair recognizes Mr. Cabello."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Mr. Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I am honored today with the presence of two very special Pages. I have with me two nephews and godsons that are here to join me in the chamber. I have Anthony Calabrese and Matthew Cox. Would you please give them a warm welcome to the Illinois House of Representatives?"

"Welcome. Thank you. Leader Currie is recognized. Leader Currie." 09900137.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Kelly Burke is excused for the rest of the day."

"Thank you, Leader. Mr. Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before the chamber starts to get back in the regular order, there was… Mr. Cab… the previous speaker before Representative Martwick was honorable, but he didn't go far enough. Two members of our staff were accosted last night. They were… No, it's true. It's true. They were touched. And besides being a heated moment where emotions were high, that can never happen. And staff in this chamber, we would be nothing as Members without staff. They work incredibly hard; they do enormous, enormous things in short amounts of time. And they didn't deserve to be treated that way. All of us in the green leather chairs are big boys and girls, we can handle ourselves, but staff should never, ever, ever be touched or yelled at or screamed at by a Member. So, I would ask as a courtesy to Members of the Democratic Caucus and on behalf of our staff that the individuals and the Members who did that find it within themselves to offer a sincere apology. It's the right thing to do. And it's something that we would appreciate as we go forward in the spirit of cooperation. So, please apologize. It was wrong, tensions were high, but we're asking for an apology for the two members of our staff that were treated that way last night. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Williams."

"Point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed." 09900137.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"You may have noticed the thousands of students, parents and administrators from Chicago and around the state in the rotunda today, but I wanted to introduce a few special guests on behalf of myself, Representative Feigenholtz and Representative Andrade. We have some of our most stellar principals in the Chicago Public Schools here today. Kate from Oscar Mayer, Catherine from Burley, Nate from Hawthorne and Seth from Brentano. Thank you so much for being here and fighting alongside of us for fair funding for CPS."

"Welcome. Thank you. Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I know this Body has some healing to do after last night's actions and maybe this will help us a bit. As you can see I'm wearing a red nose, which probably improves my appearance somewhat, but there are a lot of these red noses that are spread out throughout. And for those of you who don't know what it refers to, it's a campaign that was brought to the United States by Walgreens last year. And I want to give a shout-out to an Illinois corporation or at least an Illinois-based corporation in the U.S. for bringing this. It started in Europe; it's a worldwide effort. They have red nose days in Finland, in Germany and in England. Last year in the U.S., $26 million were raised to help children… child poverty and the awareness of child poverty throughout the U.S. And again, it's a worldwide effort. So, congratulations to Walgreens and my thanks to everyone else who is… has a red nose on today. Thank you."

"Thank you, Mr. Harris. Some… some people scattered around the floor have some red noses compliments of yours truly. Representative Conroy." 09900137.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Thank you, Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"I'd like to have the Body welcome my two Pages for the day today. I have Ryan Hurley who’s also an intern in my office. And I have Grace Que who is an intern in my office. Ryan is from College of DuPage and Grace will be a senior at York High School in the fall."

"Welcome aboard. Thanks for being here. Mr. Bennet."

"Go right ahead, please."

"Thank you, Sir. Thank you for being here with us. Mr. Meier."

"Please proceed."

"Welcome. We're glad you're here in the chamber with us today. Mr. Butler is recognized." 09900137.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Proceed."

"Sounds like a great thing to do. Welcome to Illinois, Sir. Representative Bourne is recognized."

"Proceed please."

"Thank you. And welcome. Mr. Wheeler." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Go right ahead." Wheeler, K.: "On behalf of Representative Anthony I'd like to welcome our Page for the day, William Davis IV, he's a sixth grade home schooler who enjoys traveling, architecture, coding and swimming. He's here with his parents, Bill and Karen Davis up in the gallery. Let’s give them a great big Springfield welcome. Thank you."

"Welcome aboard. Thanks for joining us. Mr. Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Today, I'd like to welcome some wonderful folk all the way from Chicago from Ericson Magnet Academy, young Janel and Jerrell Reed and their father up in the red shirt above the Republicans. Welcome to Springfield." 09900137.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Welcome. Enjoy the festivities. Mr. Hays is recognized."

"Go ahead."

"Welcome, Roger."

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed. Is that gentleman to your left your Page for the day?"

"No, that would be Representative Bennett's."

"Oh, I see."

"Okay. I would like to… he's only slighter taller than I am I know that. I would like to welcome one of Elgin's finest and his daughter, Joe Valhalla and Grace Valhalla here to the Capitol today. Joe is one of our firefighters in Elgin and Grace is going to be attending Illinois Girls State this summer. And I'm happy to have them here in Springfield. Welcome."

"Welcome. Thank you very much for being here. Mr. Rita." 09900137.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Tonight the Chicago White Sox Legislative Caucus has their event at D.H. Brown's at 7 p.m. Chicago White Sox Caucus, tonight at 7 p.m., D.H. Brown's."

"Thank you, Sir. Mr. Clerk."

"Page 3 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Reading, Senate Bill 42, Representative Lilly. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly. I rise to present SB42. SB42 addresses the unintended consequences of 2011 legislation that caused a number of Illinoisans to lose their livelihood and their employment. Prior to 2012 these individuals with forcible felonies were successfully granted their license and working safely within their work setting. SB42 removes the lifetime barrier to the license for health care professionals, such as doctors, occupational therapists, pharmacists with forcible 09900137.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 felonies except the sexual assault offenses and offenses against patients. SB42 allows Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to grant license to individual with forcible felony convictions upon petition only after considering the 15 factors. At this time I ask, if there's no questions, for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Demmer."

"Sponsor yields."

"Currently, because of the legislation of 2011 it prohibits them for applying for their license."

"They're banned."

"Yes."

"Yes, the applicant waits five years after their conviction or three years from release of a… from incarceration."

"Yes. And this Bill has no opposition."

"Correct."

“Representative Bel…”

"I appreciate your questions. Thank you, Representative."

"Excuse me, Ladies and Gentlemen. Representative Bellock."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is correct, Representative."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is correct, Representative."

"Any license under the law that provides health services: doctors, nurses, respite… respiratory therapists, dentists, hygienists, et cetera."

"No, it does not."

"There's 15 factors that the department take into consideration: seriousness of the offense, motive for the offense, discipline, history, time of the offense, just to name a few." 09900137.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"No, it does not."

"Mr. Ford."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I just want to say, it's an honor to be a Member of the House because this morning I met a lady that told me a story about her life. And so, we were having breakfast this morning and she said that she went to school to be a CNA and she wanted to go to school to be an RN. So, she went to school and she started classes and she got her LPN license and she spent about $30 thousand to go to school to be an LPN. She's a single mom of a few kids and she said, Representative Ford, this Bill is so important to me because I committed a crime over 20 years ago and I've always wanted to be a nurse. She said I work around nurses all the time and I do the jobs that nurses do, but I could never be a nurse. And I could never make more than what I make as a CNA. And I hope that the General Assembly would do the right thing and pass this Bill today. She said that she applied with the department and she paid her fee and the department took her money, but they only rejected her later. She believes that now, if this Bill passes, not only will she become an LPN, but she would double her income. She would double her income and she would be a stronger taxpayer for Illinois. And she may be in the chamber, I don't know, but it was an honor to be able to speak on her behalf because she's not a 09900137.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 Representative. And I hope that we all pass this Bill in her honor and in her kids' honor. Thank you, Representative Lilly, for your hard work on this. And I want to thank the department for seeing the need to make this adjustment in State Law."

"Mr. Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I just want to congratulate the Sponsor on this legislation. I recall when you initially started this… this journey of trying to correct a wrong, just sort of really make our… making our citizens and this Legislature proud to be a part of this type of legislation really giving people a second chance who really are trying to just merely improve their lives. I've seen you work with a number of our colleagues here on both sides of the aisle, these many organizations. And I, too, actually I was a board member of the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic, and I'm very familiar with the story that Representative Ford is talking about. And to hear those compassionate stories… real life stories is something that is heartfelt. And to see us just being active on something positive and progressive, this won't make the media, but it's a great, great day for this legislation to move. Congratulations. Thank you."

"Representative Soto."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."

"Can the point of personal privilege wait ‘til this Bill is completed?"

"Oh yes, yes. I'm sorry."

"Thank you. Put your light back on and I'll recognize you. Representative Flowers." 09900137.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To… about the young lady that Representative Ford was referring to, not only did she pay her fee to the Department of Professional Regulations one time, she paid it twice. And so, I hope that when she goes to apply that the department automatically give her her license because they knew when they took her check the first time and the second time that according to their laws that it was… that she did not qualify. So, I hope the department is listening and I hope they do not charge her again because they took her money not once, but twice. Thank you very much. And Representative Lilly, this is a fantastic Bill and I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Question of the Sponsor, please?"

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, I know the Bill has a lot of support and I understand that, but two quick questions if, I may. First of all, the individual may petition the department, there's no requirement that the department grant the license is that correct?"

"That is correct." Harris, D.: "Okay. So, it's permissive in that regard. But, let me ask you, what sorts of crimes… do you know, what sorts of crimes constitute a forcible felony?"

"Yes. Home invasions, aggravated battery, armed robbery, kidnapping, to name a few." Harris, D.: "Okay. Okay. And the time limit is such that it… they're far enough away from either their time of 09900137.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 incarceration or when they got out? Okay. Thank you very much for the help."

"Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I just want to echo my colleagues on this issue. This was one of the first constituent services that my office provided. I, too, had several members of our community who were actively working to improve their lives, to get their licenses and had paid several times the application fee to be considered. The waiver process was very cumbersome and complicated. And those young ladies, never giving up, reached out to my office immediately after my election and my office stepped in to try to help them with their application process and to ultimately get their waivers so that they could continue to improve their lives. I just want to congratulate Representative Lilly for not giving up on this legislation and really working on this. This is going to impact hundreds of thousands of families. And we really appreciate your hard work and your dedication. This is great legislation and I applaud your work. Thank you."

"Representative Gordon-Booth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to take the time to commend the Sponsor. I'm aware of the fact that the Sponsor has been working diligently on this issue for more than a year and a half now. This was not an easy Bill, but clearly to the glory goes the spoils. And Representative Lilly is going to bring forth true change for families all across this state. And many of us have received phone calls in our offices from individuals who are literally in some of their most difficult, challenging times, trying to find a way to 09900137.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 make a living for themselves and for their families. And they may have had a challenge at one point in their life and they are seriously trying to do all that they can, but because of the fact that Representative Lilly brought this legislation forth, it wasn't easy because she continued to fight. Now those folks have the same hope and we hope that all people throughout the State of Illinois have and that is that they can provide for their family and live with the quality of life that all of us deserve and pray for. So, thank you so much, Representative Lilly, for all of the families that are going to benefit from this."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves, Ladies and Gentlemen. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 71 voting ‘yes’, 40 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 384, Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 384 is an initiative of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. It amends the Open Meetings Act to allow a hospital or other institution operated by a public body that provides medical care to hold closed meetings to discuss matters protected under the Federal Patient… Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act and the Federal Health 09900137.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The purpose of these meetings… the purpose of the meetings is to improve the quality of care and the safety of patients. I know of no opposition and will answer any questions."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ammons. Please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Representative Soto."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand in point of… I stand in… I'm sorry, I stand in point of a personal privilege."

"Proceed."

"I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce some students that are here from Humboldt Park in my district. It's the Dr. Albizu Campos High School in Humboldt Park. So, they're right here to the right of me and right behind me. I just want to thank them for coming down here. They're lobbying for a school budget. So, I appreciate them being here. So, thank you so much."

"Welcome. Thanks for joining us today. We appreciate it. Mr. Ford is recognized on a point of personal privilege."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members of the House, in the spirit of restorative justice, we have the nurse in the chamber and we should give her a big round of applause because she came down and lobbied for her own cause, but Tonya Anderson is right there. Please stand. Congratulations on the Bill. Thank you and good luck." 09900137.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Thank you and welcome aboard. Senate Bill 420, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This measure does three things. First of all, it requires any provider of durable medical equipment to be accredited before they can sell to the State's Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Second, it says that if… if someone who needs durable medical equipment, wheelchairs for chronic problems for example, they can get certain items replaced without prior approval. So, we're talking about tires, we're talking about seats, we're talking about the accessories to a wheelchair. And finally, it provides that the department will codify in rule the reimbursement methodology for wheelchairs, that kind of durable medical equipment. I know of no opposition. I'd be grateful for your 'aye' vote."

"Representative Bellock."

"Representative Ammons, you don't rise to this Bill do you? Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed vote ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please 09900137.docx 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 record yourselves. Please take the record. There are 112 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Ammons is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to record the Senate Bill 384 as a 'yes' vote, Sir."

"The record will reflect your intention. Senate Bill 440, Mr. Burke. Mr. Burke. Please read the Bill."

"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 565, Representative Lilly. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly. I do rise to present SB565. This Bill is an agreed Bill. There's no opposition. The overall measure, it would amend the School Code for mandating the Department of Public Health to include appropriate age screening and developmental screening and social, emotional screening for students in the elementary schools. It will establish a tool to ensure that the students are only screened. This particular piece of legislation requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to work to establish the rules. If there's no questions, I'll take an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Bellock."

"Sponsor yields."

"It does not. It is a screening that is a 'may'. It is not mandated."

"No.”

“What's happening is, we're asking the Illinois Department of Public Health to create a… the Health Child Examination Form to change the terminology from developmental screening, social, emotional screening. They will establish the form and how it will be presented through the rules."

"Yes."

"Thank you, Representative. And I appreciate your question. This is not a mental health Bill. This Bill clarifies… there's two screenings: developmental screening and social/emotional screening. This Bill is not related to the mental health of a child. Also, the Illinois Department of Public Health will be working to establish the rules for the Bill. Parents have an option; this is not a mandate. This is a 'may', an option 09900137.docx 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 to have those screened. The form will reflect all the screenings and all the examination, created one form by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the ruling department. This particular Bill does not require any withholding of the report cards, all of that has been removed. This Bill is a 'may'. This is not a mandate and the parents have the option. It is to ensure that any child who have any developmental needs or issues or any social or emotional issues that they can be addressed. And once again, the parents does not have to have this screening done. It is available to them and that's what's important. Many of the services that our children in our great state are needing to have a strong education, they are not getting. They need support to make sure that the educational experience is sound and worthy of the efforts and energies of the teachers that are teaching them. This is not a mental health screening."

"The Department of Public Health in conjunction with the numerous number of statewide organizations, the teachers, districts, Department of Health and Services and Family Services will be working together to establish the rules. It is a group that's coming together to ensure that we are really 09900137.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 addressing the screening needs for developmental and social and emotional."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Sponsor yields."

"Again, the Department of Public Health will, and along with a number of statewide organizations, will establish how often. We initially wanted it to be at Kindergarten, first grade, sixth grade, ninth grade and all of those, and appropriate ages, all of that will be reviewed. Some people indicate that fifth grade and sixth grade and ninth grade are better times. So, we will discuss that to establish the rules."

"It could be. Correct."

"No."

"No. Correct. You are correct." 09900137.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Correct."

"That is correct."

"That is correct."

"Correct."

"Representative Flowers."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Lady yield, please?"

"Lady yields."

"Representative, what is the purpose of this legislation?"

"We are trying to ensure that students are receiving the appropriate services as they are educated within our schooling system. Many of our young people who may need additional help for services to make sure that they're 09900137.docx 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 learning the subject matters and they are not receiving those additional support services."

"So, the law already require for students with disabilities and they don't mean handicapped children as far as physically, a disability could be a slow learner. And because children are not cookie cutters, they learn at different stages of their lives, not necessary ages. So, what will this Bill do? Because that part of the law is already… that's Federal Law. And unfortunately… unfortunately, that's not taking place in our schools today, that's #1. Number two, it's already mandated that we, the country, have health care. So, why do I need the schools to dictate when… if I so choose to, I have health insurance and I could choose what doctor if I think that my child has some type of development… I don't… development or social or emotional issue. It could be a detachment or something that may be going on in the house. It could be the child is having a bad day and everybody know that… Well, what… what is the purpose of this? ‘Cause I don't understand who's going to set the rules and the guidelines as to the standards of who would deem that a child is socially and emotionally having developmental problems?"

"There is not a standard. This is a screening, merely a screening."

"But under what… but there has to be a standard…"

"Illinois Department of Public Health…"

"…for the screening?"

"…the Illinois Department…"

"There has to be a protocol?" 09900137.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"The Illinois Department of Public Health has a number of screening tools that they have already been using. And you are absolutely right. The State of Illinois, our country, already has certain screenings in place for special children of special needs. I did learn while I was doing this Bill that many of the schools are not even doing those forms. What we want to make sure is that the family has an option to know what's happening with their child in a screening format, where they have the ability to opt out if they do not want a screening or for developmental issues and social issues or social/emotional issues. They do not have to have them. Right now, young parents are not knowing what to ask their pediatrician for when they're noticing certain things about their child. This screening alerts and bring that parent to that awareness, so that they can make sure that the parent… that the child is getting the services that they're need. This is an educational, informational tool that helps the parents meet the needs and address the needs of their… their child."

"So, Representative, when this was House Bill 1493, it is my understanding that that Bill failed because the protocol was not properly outlined?"

"This is not that Bill. This is SB565."

"I understand that."

"In order to…"

"And so, I'm asking you, where is the protocol in this legislation?"

“The… the Bill that you have before you is an agreed Bill of all parties and we had designed it so that we would have 09900137.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 no opposition. So, the Illinois Department of Public Health can establish a tool, a screening tool that will be accompanied by a statewide organization, Department of Children and Family Service, a number of groups to establish a tool that the parent can have screening at the time of physical examination for the young students."

"Well, let me ask you this, can the parent go to these same people and tell them about the inadequacy of the education that they're children is getting? Can they tell them about the inadequacy of the food that they're getting? Can they tell them about the inadequacy of the community in which they're living in? And then, if so, what is the protocol for that? What will these people do and who are these people? Are they doctors? Or are they lawyers or physiatrists or are they somebody just looking for a job?"

"Yes. Many… many parents who are just really involved in their child's academics will ask those questions regardless. When it comes to this screening it can be done by a pediatrician, a social worker, a psychologist, a number of individuals can provide a screening of this nature. Any of the issues that a parent would have about their child's education, health and wellness, I pray… and I'll continue to pray, they can ask anyone, myself and/or you, to direct them to make sure that their child is being met. This particular piece of legislation is only about identifying an opportunity for a young person to get needs met and services that may go undetected."

"Representative, I'm sure that you have good intentions, but this legislation… this legislation, as a mother and a 09900137.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 grandmother, I think this is probably one of the worst pieces of legislation that I've seen in a very long time, in my personal opinion, in regards to what I know that… that has been done to our children, specifically. Because I know about the prescription drug that was given, the psychotropic drug that was given to our children that has caused them harm. And so, because I am the parent or the adult or the one that's responsible for my child, I don't need anyone else to tell me in the school. I can choose to go to whatever doctor I may choose to go to and I'll take my child. I do that when she has a fever or a cold or whatever. And I just want to say to you, respectfully, I think this is a very bad piece of legislation. And I don't see the protocol, I don't know the people that you're talking about. And the Department of Public Health no one in the… first of all, the department is not big enough, it's not staffed well enough. And this is a large state and this applicable to all the schools, the public schools and the private schools? Is… this is applicable to the public schools and the…"

"This is an option."

"…private schools, am I correct?"

"This is an option. It's an option for public and private schools. It is an option."

"No. According to what I've read…"

"This is a… respectfully, Leader…"

"…the charter schools…"

"…Leader Flowers, respectfully, I believe that this type of legislation, if it was around when I was coming up, it would have helped me. We must understand that not every child 09900137.docx 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 is getting all the needs and support of service for them to gain the education that's due them, for whatever reason. This particular piece of legislation addresses an opportunity. We have to start somewhere to address those unmet needs of youth that are in our educational system across the state. This is a screening tool only that we're working in collaboration with many organizations, departments that are concerned about the future of our youth, the future of our students. It detects and allows our parents to be more aware of the needs of their child and refer them to services when needed. They can or cannot receive the screenings. This is… it has… it has an opportunity to establish probably some of the best protocols here in our great state. But I really truly appreciate your opinion and your thoughts. And I truly, truly would love to talk to you offline, if you wouldn't mind."

"Representative, I…"

"Thank you."

"…my doors are always open and I can appreciate your hard work and your efforts. And like I said, I know you have good intentions, but as far as I am concerned I have not seen any standards. I have not seen any protocols. I do know that the tea… the kids in the northern suburbs is different from the kids on the south or west side of the City of Chicago. So, I’m not looking to create an institution or a job or a pipe line for no other institution like we did back in the ‘60s, back in the ‘70s and back in the ‘80s. I'm not interested in creating jobs for anyone. So, with all due respect, I will not be supporting your legislation. Thank you." 09900137.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Representative Ives."

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you, Representative. All of those professionals can do the screenings. The screenings can be done in a doctor's office, the screenings can be in a social worker's office. It is a screening. And we have a number of screening tools that are available to conduct the screenings."

"There's a number of… there's a number of questions that are asked and they're varied based on age appropriate. They're age appropriate questions for each of the children in the grades."

"It is not… at this time, it is not, but it is our intention as one of the Representatives indicated that was to have it no more than 4 times in their elementary, secondary life span."

"No, it's for… as far as their elementary and secondary time, we’re only looking, if appropriate, to do it 4 times in that time span."

"It could be, yes."

“Yes.”

"Most parents when they're going to do the physical for their child will go to their pediatrician, hopefully they have a primary doctor. So more than likely that… they're going to know the individual that cares for their par… for their child."

"This screening is covered under the Medicaid/Medicare. It's also covered under the Affordable Health Care Act and it's also covered under private insurance."

"That is not correct. This particular… that is not correct."

"The insurance companies already cover this screening under their insurance plan. Actually, they give you…"

"…actually, it is a bonus that they provide this service. So…"

“Well…”

"…Representative…"

"…Representative, you are incorrect."

"And it's okay. You are incorrect. Your analysis must… is not correct."

"Excuse me? I'm sorry."

"I will not… I do not know that billable code."

"I'm not… I'm not saying…"

"…they're not paying for it."

"I'm saying it's covered. I am not saying it's… I think it should be covered."

"And it has been and it's… and it is billable. This is a screening that permits a parent, a family, to know more about the needs and services of their child. And it's covered by…"

"…by their insurances…"

"…Medicaid, Medicare and ACA and private insurance. Have it… no opposition to this Bill, not one bit of opposition to this screening form. Not one bit of opposition, not one."

"Representative Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is correct, Representative." 09900137.docx 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"That is correct, Representative."

"It is not."

"That is correct."

"Typically, yes."

"Correct."

"Correct. And it is."

"That is correct." 09900137.docx 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"That is correct, Representative."

"Mr. Leitch." 09900137.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you, Representative Lilly. I just… I somehow missed the answer to whether parents can opt out of this testing?"

"They can opt out." 09900137.docx 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"They can opt out. And the screening… the screening right now that you're recommending, there's no particular screening that has been adopted? There is… it has to be established. Is that my understanding?"

"That is correct."

"And who, again, is going to be involved in the establishment of this screening?"

"It will be the Illinois Department of Health, the Illinois Statewide Education… Statewide Organization, Department of Children and Family Services and any one of the other departments that would like to be included."

"And in the development of the screenings, I haven't seen them, but I've read a lot on social/emotional learning, but I haven't seen the tools used and if those tools incorporate within them the cultural sensitivities and the social framework for which children come out of. Is… is that… how do we get to that point because that's really… I have similar concerns as our colleagues on the other side of the aisle."

"A screening is basically a document that allows you to be aware of what's happening. This document is not a diagnosis. It alerts the parent, the individual, that there may be something that you want to look at. And then it refers you to possible services that you… that are billable."

"I… I really…"

"It's not… just to clarify, this document is not in the files of the children's educational file. That's not where this document…" 09900137.docx 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"So… so where does it go? Where would the information go after? Because apparently you're not doing it just once; you do it several times through K-12."

"To the parent. The parent receives and the physician or the professional that conducts the screening. Those are the only two entities that receive the information from the screening."

"So, it doesn't go into the records; it doesn't go to the school social worker or the teacher."

"Correct."

"And once it's completed the only receipt so to speak of what these psychologists… I would assume these are psychologists that's doing this?"

"It could be, yes. A physician as well."

"So, I guess that's… that's… that's part of the question ‘cause to me it's… it's unclear. As I take my son to the doctor, my doctor is going to give him his physical, his sports physical and he may even talk to him about, as he's an adolescent at this point, some social things that's going on with him and adolescence and how he changes. And that's between him and at this point the doctor. In this case, it may be the school social worker that may be administering this social tool, right?"

"If that's what the parent would like to have done. It is a screening form that can be administered by a social worker, that's approved by the rules of the Illinois Department of Public Health that a parent can opt out of. And once it is done, the only indication that would appear is that a screening was done and that's it. No results are placed in 09900137.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 the student's file at no time. And the only entities that receive the knowledge of… the results of the screening is the parent."

"And how does the parent know… often when they get these results back, what if the parent can't really translate what services they may need as a result of this screening?"

"Great question. That's what screenings do. Screenings are by professionals that can refer individuals who are screened to their services that are needed. So, there is a list of services that you can refer a family, an individual after a screening. It's making that individual aware of what they may need; that is it."

"So, the parent then would have some review with whomever did this screening and they will go through the results of the screening and as a result of that they may or may not opt to be referred to…"

"Correct."

"…whatever services they may need?"

"Correct. The… the screening is conducted by a professional, the parent will… will review it with the professional and the child and they will have referrals… the professional will have referrals if that is what the parent would like to take advantage of. We are alerting the parent that there may or may not be some additional services or some needs that their child may have."

"So…"

"Right now that is something as the Lady from Chicago indicated that things are not even being done within the school systems now. This screening is only a beginning to 09900137.docx 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 make sure that we are addressing and identifying the needs of a child that a parent can be aware of."

"So the, I… I really appreciate you Representative Lilly on all the work that you do. This particular Bill though gives me great pause. Simply because no single screening can be adapted to everybody, right?"

"That's why there's…"

"There's tools have to vary in some way…"

"…that's why I… I…"

"…and I don't see this in the legislation."

"I'm sorry, Representative, that's why I indicated early on in my… my presentation that this is age appropriate, age specific and there is a number of tools, not just one. And what's really important is that we're involving and engaging our Illinois Department of Public Health and this is a public health issue once… if… if these needs go unaddressed. What we want to do is make sure that it's age appropriate, grade specific and at specific times in the development of an individual, a development of a young mind, a development of an individual or a student in our society today. That is it. Once people understand… Information is powerful. Once you understand as a parent, and a parent can opt out of this piece of legislation or this particular screening, but once a parent knows what their child needs, they tend to seek… they tend to want to get those things addressed. If they do not know… if they have no understanding of what the needs when it comes to their child's developmental growth they will not be able to accommodate or make sure that those child… those children get those needs met." 09900137.docx 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Can you just clarify how a parent would know that they can opt out?"

"Correct."

"How… can you just clarify that? How will they know that they can opt out?"

"Oh, okay. Correct. Thank you. Upon the evaluation of when they get their regular screenings of physicals, at that time they do not have to have any of those screenings done. At the time of October 15 if there… if it's not… that's when they have to have all those deadlines in, they opt out. They do not have to… they're not penalized if they are screened, if they are not screened. So, the physician… if you go to your pediatrician and they utilize this particular form, it could… it could be opt out there if they do not want that screening. So, it is many, many ways that a parent who do not wish to have the knowledge of what's going on with their child for themselves, this information does not go to the academic school system, it does not go in the child file. This information is for the parent themselves. If you do want to screen your child, which you have every right to do so, you do not have to. If you don't want to know about what's going on with your child, you don't have to. This is just a tool that a pro… allows you that option to know more about your child on a developmental and a social/emotional level. That is it."

"So… so, I would be hard-pressed… and I appreciate it… to the Bill… that… that parents would not want to know what's happening with their children. I don't believe that that's the case. I think the concern… the greater concern for me as 09900137.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 a parent and a grandmother is that I would be and I am leery of tests that supposed to measure standards. When you have those kind of things, the question is what the standard is that you're measuring it to and how you set the bar for which a child is either socially or emotionally behind schedule? And that's really the greatest concern about this legislation. Now, I understand the need for certain things. I don't know if this legislation clarifies it enough to protect the families who may not understand what the social/emotional tool is, how to adequately use it, how to opt out because as many people that will be involved in deciding whether you do it or not. So, those are some of the concerns by which I've read this that I'm… I'm quite hesitant around it and I appreciate the work that you’ve done on it. And I appreciate you answering my questions. Thank you."

"Mr. Andrade."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. May the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm reading the Bill and I'm just… have some confusion. I see a lot of the word ‘shall’ and ‘must’ in the language. On page 4, you know, line 15-20, the Department of Public Health ‘shall’ promulgate rules. Line 17, which ‘shall’ include an age appropriate development screening and social/emotional screening. And then further down it also says that an emotional screening and line 4 the Department of Public Health ‘must’ develop rules and appropriate provisions to the child's health examination form. And then it even goes down… the other confusion I have it says here, line 19 it says in addition to physician's licensed to practice medicine 09900137.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 in all of its branches, licensed advanced practice nurses and licensed physician assistants, other professionals may conduct the screening. So, now it seems just… a physician assistant who is not a psychologist or does anything may provide the screening? The other… the rules ‘shall’ take into consideration? Then further down on page 7 it also says in line 16, with respect to development screening and the social/emotional screening portion of the health examination each child ‘shall’ present proof of having been screened in accordance with this Section and the rules adopted. Now, it says here if the child fails to present proof of a development screening or social/emotional screening portion of the health examinations, you know, the personnel may say that this offering they could do it at the school. But then further down the line it says, once a development screening or social/emotional screening is completed and proof has been presented to the school, the school ‘may’ with a person's or guardian's consent make available appropriate school personnel to work with the parent. So, after I read this, am I giving this report to… to them because if they see that… that's something been suggested that now my… my child has been labeled as emotional… might have emotional problems. And so, now the school says I think your kid ‘may’… might benefit from some of the services we have. It just… it's not clear to me that, you know, with so many ‘shalls’ and ‘musts’ in there I just don't read where it says that… that… you know, I would feel comfortable it said each child ‘may’ present proof, but it says each child ‘shall’ present proof. So, I'm just… I'm just confused on… on the Bill. If you can clarify for me?" 09900137.docx 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"The way the Bill is drafted is actually in conjunction with a number of social workers, Department of Public Health which gives them the opportunity to create the rules. That's how it's drafted. This is a start to make sure that we have this opportunity to screen young people for developmental and social/emotional screenings. The… the way it's written only gives you that opportunity to create the rules around that. This particular piece of legislation is not a piece of legislation that goes into the schools’ files or presented to the schools. If the parent want to present it… present it to their physician or who the referral if something is found, if you will, through the screening it would be presented to the referring institution, not the schools."

"So, but… according to here, so am I correct or not saying that a physician's assistant may do the screening?"

"No. A professional can do the screenings. Social workers…"

"I mean, I'm… I'm reading right here. I just…"

"Oh, now, there is a career, a professional physician… a physician's assistant, that's a profession as well. That's… that's a title of a… a professional."

"On page…"

"Is that what you're speaking to? I don't… I don't have that in front of me."

"On page 5 line 21 it says, and licensed physician assistants may conduct the screenings."

"I'm getting there, hold on. Where is this? Which number?"

"Page 5… page 5 line…"

"Which line? I'm sorry, Representative."

"…line 21." 09900137.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Twenty-one. It's on page 5, are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, licensed… licensed physician's assistant. That is a… that is a career."

"A career that has training in…"

"Correct."

"…psychologists… in psychology?"

"No. No. To the provide the… to provide the screening. This is a profession licensed physician assistant. That's a profession and they have the…"

"So, licensed… licensed physician assistants have the authority to say someone is emotionally disturbed or emotionally… has emotional issues?"

"This is all professionals. This is a professional individual."

"I just… with all due respect to the Sponsor, I just, you know, with the word ‘shall’”

“We…”

“…is in here four or five times and it's… where it says a child ‘shall’ present… I'm not an attorney, I don't pretend to be one, but… but when it says a child ‘shall’ present, I just don't understand. Thank you very much."

"It's a parent shall present. I'm not too sure where you're speaking to, Representative, I apologize.”

“You see, it says…”

“Your child is not required to undergo. I'm not sure where you are speaking to, but the point is professionals have the opportunity and there's a range of professionals can conduct the screening. But once again, I would like to state that 09900137.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 Illinois Department of Public Health along with statewide organizations, Department of Children and Family Services, all of those entities will work to make sure that the rules will cover all of the… this establishes the baseline of how to. And you have to start somewhere. This is where we would start."

"So, on page…"

"In a screening format."

"…on page 7 line 18, each… each child ‘shall’ present proof of having been screened in accordance. And the other question I have, does this apply to just public schools or all private schools also? I just want to clarify that for the intent of the Bill. Is it for private and public?"

"Okay. The physician, licensed physician assistant, advanced nurses assistants are all professionals who can provide the screening. The parents can opt out of these screenings."

"All right. Thank… thank you, Mr. Chairman."

"There is no repercussions of these screenings. The child continues to go to school and they're not being set out of school because this screening is not done. Professionals has the ability to present the screenings."

"Mr. Breen."

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm… I'm sorry, Representative. If that is… needs to be clear, we can actually makes those changes ‘cause that is… it is… this is not meant for the child to present anything."

"Yeah. I do see the question and it is a ‘may’, we made the corrections to the Bill to make sure that this is not a mandate."

"And if that is a concern in reference to removing those ‘shalls’ where they should be ‘mays’, then I will… Hold on for one second. Okay. With that recommendation, I’ll agree ‘cause we have what I would call an agreed Bill. What I will do is take the legislation out of the record to make those changes, so that it will read ‘may’. Because this is not a Bill where the individual or parent ‘must’. It is an opt option."

"Okay. Thank you."

"I will take the Bill out of the record."

"Mr. Clerk, out of the record. A spirited debate. Mr. Clerk, for an announcement."

"Senate Bill 440, Mr. Burke. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Burke." Burke, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Bill… Senate Bill 440 would deal with benefits to firefighters, Chicago policemen. This is strictly Chicago. It would correct some inequities that had occurred previously in previous legislation putting Chicago on par with the rest of the state when we are considering benefits to those who lost their life in the line of duty, their spousal benefits and a number of other considerations. But very fair with respect to the entire State of Illinois for those who serve us every day and put their lives in jeopardy as firefighters and police officers. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Gentleman yields."

"Mr. Morrison."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Wehrli."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Ives."

"Mr. McAuliffe."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Burke to close." Burke, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. I think this is a very fair initiative. It gives individuals who have risked their lives and safety for our benefit in the City of Chicago. It's asking nothing more than what we provide individuals that serve us throughout this entire state. It's fair; it's equitable; it's overdue. And I would encourage this Body to support those that risk their lives daily on our behalf. I would ask for a favorable Roll Call. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who 09900137.docx 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 86 voting ‘yes’, 24 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 805, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."

"There is an Amendment, Mr. Clerk. Let's move the Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. And please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. What the Amendment does is to correct an anomaly in the two Sections of the Code dealing with investigators for the Secretary of State. Tier 1… Tier 2 employees must retire at the age 60. Unfortunately, a different statute specifies that their pensions can’t begin at age 60. So, what this measure would do would be to fix the glitch and say that the mandatory retirement for Secretary of State Capitol Office security detail would be 65. So, they can retire up to age 65; at 65, they would be guaranteed the pension that they have earned. I'd appreciate your 'aye' votes."

"Those in favor of the Amendment… Mr. Sandack on the Amendment." 09900137.docx 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"No problem."

"Sponsor yields."

"It was a different Bill. This is an Amendment… a House Amendment to a Senate Bill. Recently the discovery appeared that there was this glitch. You have to retire at age 60; you can't begin earning a pension before the age of 62. So, what we're doing here is fixing it so the mandatory retirement is higher. You have to work longer."

"Yes."

"Yeah."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you. You've heard the Bill; that's all it does. It makes sure that those 20 people who serve us in the Capitol for the Secretary of State's Office will be able to begin 09900137.docx 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 collecting a pension benefit at the point at which they decide to retire."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Representative Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was my intention to vote for Senate Bill 42 as a 'yes' vote. I'd like the record to indicate that."

"Record will indicate your intention. Thank you very much. Senate Bill 1059, Mr. Mitchell. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Mitchell." Mitchell, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1059, it gives State Group Health Insurance access to SERS employees who took a lump sum distribution in their self-managed plan and terminated participation with SERS, but then returned to service in the… with a SERS employer. I had a situation and a constituent in my district. She was an employee at the University of Illinois. She left with her husband to Missouri, I believe and then he was deceased. And she came back and she… this Bill is very… it would only allow her to participate in the… she is an employee at the University of Illinois, but she’s 09900137.docx 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 not allowed to participate in the State Employees Group Insurance. This would allow this type… this person to participate in the group insurance program."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 97 voting ‘yes’, 12 voting ‘no’, 1 voting ‘present’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2186, Mr. Tryon. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Tryon."

"Representative Sente."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Mike, I just want to clarify a few questions with you, if I can. So, when a local government is… are they able to go back when there is an existing school or structure and make comments on an existing school building?"

"Thank you for that. And so, we're talking in this Bill strictly about zoning Codes and not about building Codes. Is that correct?"

"Okay. And then, when we do have a project coming up how does a school district know which municipality to go to for those zoning decisions based on which… because there could be a school district that's in multiple local governmental jurisdictions." 09900137.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"So, that would be the one jurisdiction that is responsible for meeting with the entity, right?"

"Thank you. And the last question, and I know you're very passionate about this and I appreciate you working diligently with everyone to try and meet everyone's needs. In terms of the fees ‘cause we're looking at one governmental entity and another and so the fees charged for zoning applications, et cetera. Our goal in this Bill… your goal is to try and minimize the fees charged between one entity to another. Is that correct?"

"Thank you. To the Bill. Just to summarize, I think both parties have worked together. This is a good piece of legislation. There is a real issue that needed to be fixed. Building Codes are different than zoning Codes for schools. They are issued separately. The building permits by the Regional Office of Superintendent, so we don't want to mix those two together. And so, I think we're attempting to clarify that in this Bill. And I wholeheartedly support it."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed vote ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2196. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2216, Mr. Hoffman. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2306, Representative Gabel. Please read the Bill."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill addresses auto assignments in the managed care program from HFS. For clients who do not choose a provider, the department will assign people to managed care based on an algorithm that prioritizes quality and takes into consideration existing provider beneficiary relationships. There's no known opponents to this Bill. And I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 09900137.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 111 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2321, Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2357, Mr. Sullivan. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2370, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. Brain research and human development specialists increasingly discover that children are in no way miniature adults. They understand the world differently. They tend to act rashly. They tend not to understand things that the rest of us take for granted. This measure is one that comes to us from the United Communities of Faith and the Juvenile Justice Initiative. And what it does is provide that for youngsters between the ages of 13 and 15 charged with murder or some kind of sex assault crime, they will have access to a lawyer before they are interrogated in the police station. It also simplifies the Miranda warning for people up to the age of 18 since a lot of research shows that young people don't understand the right to waive their opportunity to have a lawyer or waive their opportunity to speak. They often think that if they do anything like that the judge will hold it against them. So, I know of no opposition to the Bill. It has strong support from the Cook County Public Defender's Office as well as the Association Statewide of Public Defenders. And I would appreciate your support for a measure that will make 09900137.docx 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 it clearer to young people who are involved in the criminal justice system what their rights and what their options are."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 112 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2407, Leader Gordon-Booth. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Gordon-Booth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2407 simply establishes the Teen Reach grant line. This is a very bipartisan Bill. It came out of committee unanimously. I ask for your 'aye' vote and I'm open for any questions."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Jackson, Phillips. Please take the record. There are 112 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2468, Representative Gordon-Booth. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Gordon-Booth."

"Again, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2468 is an initiative of the Peoria County Board. It 09900137.docx 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 would establish an exemption from the general requirement that a jurisdiction using direct recording electronic system totals for all candidates would be allowed. This exemption was created because the software used to count votes in precincts cannot be programmed to tabulate fractional cumulative voting. The exemption only applies to the Peoria County Board of Election and Commissioners during a Peoria City Council at large contest. This has been extended multiple times. There is no opposition. I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record, Mr. Clerk. There are 112 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 5 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 2610, Leader Durkin. Please read the Bill. Mr… the Clerk advises there's an Amendment. Please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Leader Durkin on the Amendment."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Durkin."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting ‘yes’, 4 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2746, Mr. Guzzardi. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Guzzardi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 2746 is a Bill addressing the following problem. It is expensive to be a woman in the State of Illinois. It's not only the matter of the pay gap in our state, as Leader Currie reminds us every year it takes until 09900137.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 April of the following year for a woman to make the same pay as her male counterpart made in the year prior. But it's also costs more to make basic consumer purchases. Dry cleaning for instance. A study from the State of New York showed that the average cost of cleaning a men's shirt was $2.86, the average cost of cleaning a woman's shirt was $4.95. Car repair, according to a study from Northwestern University mechanics upcharge their female clients almost 90 percent more than they upcharge men. And it's especially bad in the drug store. Deodorant, shaving cream, razors, products marketed to women cost more than their male equivalents even when it's the exact same product. This is an example that I find sort of striking. Excedrin Complete Menstrual cost an average of 50 cents more than Excedrin Extra Strength despite the fact that those two products contain the exact same ingredients in the exact same quantities. It's the same product: it just has a different name. It's marketed to women and it costs more. It is expensive to be a woman in the State of Illinois. And unfortunately, government is complicit in this as well. And this is information that I didn't know before I worked on this Bill; I find it fascinating. I think it's worth reading into the record. The Federal Government has import tariffs on different products. Women's sneakers when they're imported to this country are taxed at 10 percent. Men's sneakers are taxed at 8.5 percent. Women's suits are taxed at 8.5 percent, men's suits are taxed at 0 percent. And here in Illinois we participate in this complicity of making life more expensive for women by applying the regular 6 percent sales tax to feminine hygiene products. We have a lower sales tax rate for 09900137.docx 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 medical necessities, but until this moment, we have not considered these products as such despite them of course being regular monthly necessities for almost every woman between the ages of say 13 and 50. I believe that not only should we not be complicit in making it more expensive to be a woman, we should in fact being working to combat that, which is why Senate Bill 2746 exempts feminine hygiene products from the sales tax entirely. As we know the sales tax is regressive, so this exemption will be especially helpful to low-income women who are struggling to make ends meet and because this demographic of women is most likely to be making consumer purchases, the odds are this money is coming right back to the Illinois economy. Just as a brief aside, many in the chamber have asked why I have chosen to carry this Bill. The fact remains that government at every level is overwhelmingly the province of white men. I'm aware, of course, that my election to this chamber didn't help matters in that regard. As long as this remains the case, I think that we have a responsibility to stand with underrepresented communities. We have a response… we can't just leave women's issues to the women. We can't just leave black folk issues to the black Legislators and Latino issues to the Latino Legislators. We have an obligation, all of us in this chamber, to fight to make things a little more equal for our brothers and sisters of color, to make things a little more equal for our sister and mothers and daughters and wives. This Bill’s a small step; I acknowledge that. It probably amounts to a few dollars a month for the women of the State of Illinois. I would say 09900137.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 it's the least we can do to make it a little less expensive to be a woman here in Illinois. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a little noisy in the chamber. Settle down, please. Representative Wallace."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm wondering, with this piece of legislation was it going down to what roughly 1 percent?"

"The… the products would be exempted from the sales tax entirely."

"Exempted. So, would this make these products eligible for purchase with perhaps SNAP benefits?"

"Say again, Representative? I'm sorry."

"Would this make these products purchasable with the SNAP or a LINK card?"

"This Bill doesn't address that question, Representative."

"Okay. I think it may set us up to do that though. So, I want to say thank you for that. Are there… what are some other things that are taxed roughly around or exempted from this tax? It's pretty interesting the list that's part of this full Act, isn't it?"

"Why don't you go ahead and share with us, Representative."

"We had some things like horses and interest on horses, personal property delivered to a purchaser. There's even the purchase of semen for artificial insemination for livestock. There's any number of, oh, close to three dozen things and 09900137.docx 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 we're just going to add feminine hygiene products to that list, correct?"

"I would say so, Representative."

"I want to say thank you. I want to say thank you for all of the low-income women in the State of Illinois. Every year this is an issue that my office tries to address through donations and then distribution to shelters, particularly domestic violence shelters. And what you said was so key, that this is a collective effort. It's not just a women's issue; it's about the household and the dollars that are being spent out of that household. So, thank you for allowing me to chief co with you and thank you for bringing this Bill."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I really more than anything else want to thank the Sponsor for his most excellent mansplanation of this issue. In reality, this is a great Bill and you've clearly did a lot of research. And I learned some things about the price differences, so thank you for doing that and sharing that with the Body. This is a good Bill and I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Ives."

"Sponsor yields."

"I appreciate the question, Representative. And in the spirit of bipartisan compromise which I hope can move this chamber forward, indeed this is a tax increase… tax decrease. 09900137.docx 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 See, I'm so used to saying it, right? It's a tax decrease particularly for lower income working women in the State of Illinois, but for all of our families who need it."

"My pleasure, Representative."

"I don't even know what to say. Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 112 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Turner in the Chair."

"Page 5 of the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 2612. No. Excuse me. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 2216. Representative Hoffman. Please read the Bill."

Speaker Turner: "Out of the record. Senate Bill 2321, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2321 is an agreed Bill. It provides a path for after school programs to request and receive exemption from day care licensing if they meet clearly defined health and safety requirements as well as quality program guidelines. The Bill also establishes a process at DCFS for review of all after school programs that received 09900137.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 CCAP funds. This is a negotiated Bill with the YMCAs, the Boys & Girls Clubs, DCFS, DHS, Illinois Action for Children, Illinois Day Care Providers Association, the Jewish Federation, Catholic Charities and many others. There is no opposition to the Bill that I am aware of. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2321 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’, 0 voting ‘present’, Senate Bill 2321, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 8 of the Calendar, under Senate Bills on Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 574, Representative Flowers. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Flowers."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3. And Floor Amendment #3 what it does, it changes the makeup of the council. And I think it was an even number and now it's an odd number. And I would move for the… I would move for the adoption of the Bill… of the Amendment. I'm sorry."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 574. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed 09900137.docx 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2227, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Representative Fortner? Thank you. Senate Bill 2300, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move for the adoption of Floor Amendment 1. It is… it makes some modest changes to the… the Bill that takes away the opposition of the Realtors Association."

"Representative Leitch on the Amendment."

"All right. Can I adopt the Amendment first and come back to you, Sir?"

"Thank you. Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 2300. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Leitch for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Sir. The Journal will reflect your request. Senate Bill 2882, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2989, Representative Hoffman. Out of the record. Senate Bill 3162. Out of the record. Senate Bill 3162, Representative Cassidy. Would you like to move this Bill to Third Reading? There’s a Floor Amendment. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Actually I… I filed a Motion to Table Amendment 2 and I'd like to adopt Amendment 3."

"Mr. Clerk, please withdraw Floor Amendment #2 from Senate Bill 3162."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 3162 addresses some concerns that were raised. This Bill… the underlying Bill is an initiative of the Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to create an opportunity to modernize our court systems and bring e-filing into our civil system. This would create a $7 fee. Floor Amendment 3 creates an offset to that fee and other fees so that it's… it is… it comes out on balance. It's not a net increase fee. And it addresses the concerns of the various parties that were raised."

"Representative Moffitt, do you have a question on Floor Amendment #3? Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 3162. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Moffitt, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"No, Sir."

"Senate Bill 3163, Leader Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2861, Representative David Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment dresses… addresses some requests that were made to make some minor changes to the Bill. Do you want a full explanation of what all the changes are?"

"Maybe the abbreviated version?" Harris, D.: "I'd be happy to. There's a technical change just to clarify intent. It requires the Adjutant General to submit rules for non-judicial punishment through JCAR, which was the biggest change that… the JCAR requirement. It also allows the Department of Military Affairs to file emergency rules with JCAR. It makes changes to identify the Adjutant General as the appellate government counsel in case there is an appeal under the military judicial process. And then it reinserts some language that the Attorney General wanted in to clarify that the Attorney General has the responsibility to act as defense counsel in case a service member commits a crime while on active duty and state duty."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 2861. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Sandack, for what reason do you rise?"

"Please proceed."

"We'll get back to you with that, Sir."

"Representative Williams, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"A point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"There'll be a very brief Green Caucus meeting after Session today in Room 300, which is back in the Senate offices. It’s just a quick update on budget items related to environmental concerns."

"Senate Bill 2585, Representative Fine. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2600, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2600 is a companion Bill similar to a Bill that we debated thoroughly last night, Senate Bill 2531. But this Bill specifically again is an initiative of the AFL-CIO that provides when a commission is created under certain Acts and receives any public funds, the 09900137.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 board must include at least two members of a Labor Council or a Labor Council's and at least two members from two separate minority groups. This particular Bill amends other Acts different from Acts amended yesterday. Specifically, this Bill would amend the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act, Illinois Municipal Code, Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995 and other Acts. And I ask for approval."

"Representative Sandack is recognized."

"He indicates that he will."

"Yes."

"No."

"This is it."

"Yesterday we talked about economic development corporation councils, specifically. This Bill here goes to the Acts that I just listed. That… that's it." 09900137.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Correct."

"Correct."

"I think I… I think I missed that one when I read them, but yes."

"That… that should cover it."

"No.”

“Yesterday's Bill was a separate statute."

"Correct."

"Well, if the City of Effingham authorizes $50 thousand to the Effingham County Economic Development Board because it's public money…"

"This Bill is implicated."

"Well, I believe that happens frequently in… in our laws. We're…"

"It… it shouldn't."

"Nothing."

"Because there’s different Codes. We want to make sure the Codes are…"

"…consistent."

"Gives us a moment."

"So Representative Sandack, specifically, if you look at the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act…"

"…yes… yesterday's…"

"I didn't say much anyway. Yesterday's Bill dealt specifically with Economic Development Corporations."

"We spent a great deal of time on that."

"We didn't talk about anything regarding TIF Districts."

"And we all know that TIF Districts have joint review boards…"

"…pursuant to the Economic Development Tax Increment Allocation Act. And this… this Bill, if passed, would cover joint review boards."

"Yesterday's Bill would not."

"It… it doesn't specify, but it's intended to be prospective."

"Yes." 09900137.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Yes. This is a prospective law."

"Give me a moment. Let me just make sure."

"Representative, actually I… Let me clarify."

"The Bill does not specifically state whether it's prospective or not. So, technically, they would have to go back and comply with the law."

"Well Representative, you're a former mayor…"

"…you know that each of the taxing bodies in a proposed TIF or TIF area has a representative that attends the joint review board and you know it basically oversees and governs the TIF."

"Well, with… without rehashing yesterday's debate completely…"

"It’s very similar. But I… the issue… the underlying issue is the same. TIF areas specifically are designed and set up to develop blighted areas. And what labor is seeing is that a lot of the intent is not being followed through on. They're… they're… they're doing things in nonblighted areas."

"Well, I… I think labor will give a… labor and don't forget our two separate minority groups." 09900137.docx 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"It's very important."

"You know…"

"Well, I also think it's important that, you know, to know that joint review boards also decide what to do with surplus."

"Labor is just bringing a perspective, Ron."

"I… I think labor sitting at the table with all of these entities involved would… would clearly…"

"…send a signal to all of these entities that they should consider and whatever's going on in these TIF Districts, labor has a role. Prevailing wage is… is being paid. Fair wages are being paid. Labor… labor always has an important perspective to offer at these tables." 09900137.docx 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Representative Sullivan is recognized."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Well, again, we talked about this issue yesterday as well. One, the… the… the legislation does not have any penalties in the Bill, you know."

"If they don’t comply."

"The goal is compliance…"

"…but if they don't comply there's no penalties."

"Certainly, the goal is at a minimum there's an effort to have this type of representation on these boards. I find it hard to believe that you can't find hardworking men and women all across the state in every corner of the state…"

"…that… that would be available to serve on these commissions and boards."

"Well, and if there's been a search for them and they don't…"

"The… the… again, it's not stated in the Bill I mean, I think it's common sense and…"

"…intended that it comes from local…"

"…but if you can't, the compliance…"

"…would be members of two labor councils or a council. And if they have to come from out of the area, you still have compliance."

"Again, everything would have to be looked at on a case by case basis, but…"

"…certainly, if a conflict arises I would expect members to recuse themselves on an issue." 09900137.docx 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Representative Kay is recognized."

"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."

"You know, I did file a trailer Bill today. And the definition that I read at length yesterday, I do not believe, Representative Kay, that a union would qualify as an EDC."

"You want to tell me why they… they do?"

"I don't believe a union is set up as a corporation to do economic development and in corporate any, but unions are set up to protect employees. Unions are set up to protect employees from people that want to take advantage of them and not pay them fair wages, put them in dangerous working conditions. That's what you're calling an economic development corporation?"

"Come on. Don't insult hardworking union people across this state and country."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates that he will."

"So, Representative, I'm… I just want to… I know some of this has been covered, but I want to make sure that I understand. So, this would cover TIFs?"

"This would also cover TIFs, Representative."

"So, who… who sits on… who's on the joint review board that's created under the TIF Act?"

"My understanding of joint review boards, they are made up of each entity… governmental entity that a TIF covers. So, a school board would have a representative on the joint review board, the municipality, any school board that's in the TIF, park boards. So, whatever governmental entity the TIF touches would have a representative on a joint review board."

"So, it's all the taxing bodies?"

"Correct."

"We don't have any private entities, and no other interest groups. It's taxing bodies."

"Correct."

"And do… do they make any decisions about how the tax… how the TIF dollars are allocated?"

"One moment. Give us one moment, Representative. We just want to verify." 09900137.docx 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Okay. Well, so, I… Here let me, 'cause my understanding and I'm… I'm no TIF expert, but my understanding is that once the TIF is created the village board votes on whether or… on whether or not to pursue a development and work with the developer on whether or not those TIF… they're entitled to the TIF dollars within the TIF. So, it's really only the village board that's making that decision. Those other taxing bodies have not say over whether a developer comes in and… and has access to those TIF dollars. So, I'm not sure what role… I mean, the joint review board has very little input at all over the TIF, much less how those dollars are flowing. And so, now we're going to add 4 more people to a body that doesn't really do anything. I'm just really struggling with that."

"Well, I think the most important thing a joint review board does is at the time their surplus is created, you make sure surpluses go back to where they're supposed to go and are being spent the way they're supposed to be spent. And I think…"

"But… but the joint review board…"

"…having… having minority…"

"…doesn’t do that. The village board does that. I mean, if we want to add people on to a village board, I guess we could do that."

"That's not what we're trying to do."

"I understand. I'm just really struggling with the… the purpose of this. And there… I don't know enough about these other entities to know kind of what they do and who sits on those and what they're role are… role is. But I… for a TIF 09900137.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 this seems completely… I don't know… I’m just really not understanding the purpose of those… of adding these particular individuals to… to that kind of a body that has the responsibilities that are… that a review board does. I appreciate the… the information. Thank you."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Chair recognizes Representative Ives."

"Indicates that he will."

"I served 12 years on a high school board and I did serve on a joint review board."

"It's been awhile, but I did."

“So…”

"So, let… let me do something as a point of clarification that I think’s going to address your concern, the last speaker's concern and maybe a couple other speaker's concerns because Senate Bill 2600 provides that when a commission is created under these Acts. So, sometimes municipalities delegate under the TIF Act to a commission the entire process. And so, when a commission, not the joint review board, has been created, this Bill would be triggered. So, you all are talking about the joint review board…"

"Well, then that's why I'm clarifying." 09900137.docx 117  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"And when I… when I opened up the discussion, I specifically said that this was a Bill that provided for when a commission was created. Somehow we got dragged into the joint review discussion and it's not about the joint review board. It's about when this work is delegated to a commission. And if it's delegated to a commission and public moneys are being spent, we believe that labor and minorities should have a voice."

"Representative Welch to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2600, again, I want to underscore is an initiative of the Illinois AFL-CIO. This is a companion Bill to legislation that we acted on yesterday that cover… covers other statutes. This Bill was specifically introduced because labor leaders across this state are beginning to get priced out of numerous economic development opportunities. The AFL-CIO believes that economic development specifically in TIF areas are supposed to help blighted communities, but in many cases this is not happening. The proponents of this Bill feel that if public dollars are being infused into these commissions, then workers and minorities should have a voice and I do too. I’m hoping that you will 09900137.docx 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 join me in supporting minorities and our labor members and support Senate Bill 2600."

"The question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2600 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 59 voting ‘yes’, 50 voting ‘no’, and 0 voting ‘present… Representative Welch."

"Mr. Speaker, can we place this on the Order of Postponement?"

"Mr. Clerk, please move this Bill to the Order of Postponed Consideration. Representative Ford, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Mr. Speaker and Members of the House, today is a proud day for me because one of my students that I used to teach is here. His name is Johnathan Tate. And I think he's single, I'm not sure, but he is a Air Force veteran, he is an Army veteran, he's currently enlisted as a National Guardsman. And he acts as a veteran coordinator for my district office. He found me on Facebook and he volunteered in our office for three years with no pay. And now, he's making very little pay for the district office. Please welcome Johnathan… Sergeant Johnathan Tate on the Democrat side. Give him a big round of applause and a standing ovation."

"Thank you for your service and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Williams, for what reason do you seek recognition?" 09900137.docx 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Representative."

"I apologize. I restated… I stated wrongly the location for the Green Caucus meeting. It's actually in Room 300… no, Room 100 on the south hallway of the Capitol by 115. Green Caucus, right after Session. Sorry about that."

"Thank you. Senate Bill 2612, Representative Demmer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Demmer."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2612 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’, 0 voting ‘present’, Senate Bill 2612, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2613, Representative Manley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley." 09900137.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2016 (sic-Senate Bill 2613) is the… it creates the Child Bereavement Leave Act. This Bill would provide two weeks of unpaid bereavement leave to employees in the event of a child's death. You can use the bereavement leave for whatever you think is necessary. I wanted to point out a few things quickly, and I take any questions that the membership might have, but in the gallery I have Mr. Dixon who has been the driving force behind this. He is been the President of Bereaved Parents of Springfield for 23 years now. And the important thing to know is he got involved because 25 years ago today his son, Todd, was tragically killed in a car accident, which started his journey as a bereaved parent. Can we all recognize Mr. Dixon up in the gallery here? On behalf of the Dixon family and in memory of Todd Dixon we bring Senate Bill 2613. I'll take any questions."

"Chair recognizes Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I… I just wanted to point out that most of us can't even imagine what it would be like to lose a child. And I think this is the very least that we can do for families that are going through this. So, my condolences to anyone who has ever had to go through this. It must just be awful. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Ammons is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. First, I want to thank Representative for bringing this Bill forward. There was a young lady that many of us may have read about just recently, unfortunate death in Champaign, where the young lady was ultimately… she ultimately died and was dismembered 09900137.docx 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 and her body was tragically dumped in Clinton. Her family, her mother as distraught as a mother would be at the loss of her young daughter, unfortunately had to return to work the Monday after the… the Tuesday after the funeral. And she worked unfortunately for Champaign County Jail where the young men who were implicated in this heinous crime were also going to be held. And it's tragedy on top of tragedy in that case because she didn't have any time that she could use to truly bereave her daughter's death. This Bill is not just for my good friend, who… that you spoke about in the gallery, it's about many other mothers and families who tragically lose their children for many reasons, for them to have the appropriate time to mourn the loss of that child. And so, I stand in support of Representative's Bill and I hope you all will support this too. This is a very difficult time in the family, the loss of a child. We don't wish it on anyone, but we do know that when it does happen, the family needs adequate time to mourn the loss. Thank you for this Bill."

"Representative Manley to close."

"Briefly, I just want to say thank you to Mr. Dixon for sharing his story with us and I want to compliment the Members in this House, especially the business owners, that told me that they couldn't imagine a business owner not being responsive to a parent that worked for them that… that went through this. And so, I commend them on their sensitivities to that and thank you all for your support."

"The question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2613 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 09900137.docx 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 108 voting ‘yes’, 1 voting ‘no’, 0 voting ‘present’, Senate Bill 2613, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2677, Representative Tryon. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Tryon."

"See… seeing no debate, the question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2677 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’, 0 voting ‘present’, Senate Bill 2677, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2739, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900137.docx 123  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you, Speaker. Senate Bill 2739 just extends the financial reporting standard sunset extension. There were still some reports that the department was still working on and they were just asking for an extension."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2739 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’, 0 voting ‘present’, Senate Bill 2739, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2797, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. Clerk, please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. Mr. Clerk. The Clerk please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill for a third time."

"Leader Lang."

"Pardon my confusion, Mr. Speaker. I didn't realize we had adopted the Amendment. This is an agreement between craft distilleries and the wine and spirits distributors and the beer distributors regarding various things. Craft distillers, tasting permits, permit holder licenses, gallonage maximums. 09900137.docx 124  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 They've worked on this a very long period of time. Mr. Zalewski, who's not on the floor today, did most of the heavy lifting. There are no known opponents to this Bill. I ask your support."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, ‘Shall Senate Bill 2797 pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’, 0 voting ‘present’, Senate Bill 2797, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Lang in the Chair."

"Senate Bill 2805, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 2805 would simply amend the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act by adding two additional members to the current 15-member board. This Illinois Electronic Recording Commission is a commission that makes sure that we have adequate… the rules in place regarding electronic filing of real estate… real estate deeds, et cetera. I ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields." 09900137.docx 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016

"I don't believe this is an economic development board."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Martwick. Please take the record. There are 109 voting ‘yes’, 2 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2819, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The… this deals with the Cook County Pension Fund and their ability… and the ability of the employer, Cook County, to make payments into the Pension Fund. Right now, the statute is very clear that there is… this is where the moneys are supposed to come from and how much those moneys are and that has led to some underfunding. So, this would allow the county to make some additional payments into the Pension Fund which would be a good thing in order to avoid further underfunding."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote ‘yes’; opposed ‘no’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 110 voting ‘yes’, 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 10 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 3162, Representative Cassidy. Please 09900137.docx 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 137th Legislative Day 5/26/2016 read the Bill. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. On page 2 of the Calendar, House Bills-Second Reading, House Bill 1016, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill. Out of the record. Chair recognizes Representative Winger. For what reason do you rise?"

"The record will reflect your intention. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Mr. Clerk, committee announcement."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a goldenrod sheet coming around. You will note that Session tomorrow is at 9 a.m. Session on Saturday has been canceled and Session on Sunday will be at 3:00. And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk… Pardon me. Representative Reis."

"Leader Currie moves, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, that the House stand adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, May 27 at the hour of 9 a.m. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House is adjourned."